Legal Opinion

People v. Atkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 1, 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Stackhouse, J.), rendered March 21, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

A laboratory report relating to part of the drugs recovered from defendant was properly admitted as a business record (CPLR 4518; People v Taam, 260 AD2d 261, lv denied 93 NY2d 1046) after a proper foundation was established through the testimony of a chemist who did not personally test that portion of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  2. People v. WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. James Minner v. Dareld KerbyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  4. People v. WatkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  5. Sherman v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. GroganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. People v. BeltranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  3. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

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